[Gevrey Chambertin’s rising landlord]
[Fully organic + biodynamic]
[Fonteny Premier Cru | Elegant and refined style]
ZTF019 - Domaine Henri Rebourseau Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Fonteny 2012
Special price: $998/bottle
Producing area/level: France/ Burgundy/ Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Fonteny
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Fonteny Premier Cru is located on the southern slope of Gevrey Chambertin, adjacent to Champonnet, Craipilllot and Ruchottes-Chambertin. The Fonteny Premier Cru is built on very hard calcareous rock that must be broken before vines can be planted. It is a high-quality Pinot Noir site. The vineyard is influenced by the cold wind of Combe de Lavaux and the east-west slope, giving it a symmetrical, powerful, elegant and refined style. The tannins are soft, balanced and harmonious.
[Domaine Henri Rebourseau]
Domaine Henri Rebourseau is one of the largest wineries in the Gevrey-Chambertin region. The vineyard extends from the village of Gevrey-Chambertin to the village of Vougeot. It currently owns more than 13.5 hectares of vineyards, including plots in five grand crus in Chambertin, Clos de Beze, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazy-Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot. The history of the Rebourseau family can be traced back to 1778. In 1782, Claude Rebourseau settled in La Roche Vanneau and established a winery; it has been run by family members since then. Between the 1920s and 1940s, the winery first bottled and sold its own wine, but since the winery later sold its wine directly to wine merchants again, Rebourseau's popularity has declined.
(From left to right: Louis, Jean de Surrel, Benigne)
The winery began to use organic farming methods in 2006 and biodynamic methods to manage the vineyards in 2008. The winery said that it received a lot of help from Anne-Claude Leflaive during this period. In 2018, the Bouygues family became a shareholder. In addition to cooperating with the two families, they continued to uphold the tradition of Rebourseau for seven generations. With more resources, the winery began to make comprehensive improvements, including better management of the vineyards; modern winery equipment; and even a change in style in brewing, but while maintaining the traditional style, it slightly reduced the purity so that the wine can be enjoyed earlier; it selected more barrel suppliers to use more refined barrels, introduced more temperature-controlled wine tanks, and used gravity to transport the wine to more carefully control production; the grapes that were previously sold to wine merchants were gradually transferred back to their own brewing. These improvements began to attract the attention of wine critics. William Kelley of Wine Advocate said after reviewing the wines in recent years: Is one of Gevrey-Chambertin's sleeping giants finally awakening?
